Because some things are important ( )

Always enjoy a good Sam Vines mystery ( )

http://bactra.org/weblog/algae-2006-03.html#thud ( )

Perhaps even 4.5*

The City Watch subseries has been one of my favorites since I read "Guards, Guards" and this late (last?) book didn't let me down. I loved the way Vimes interacted with his Gooseberry (the DiscWorld version of a Blackberry) & his way of coping with the government inspector. ( )

Sometimes Diskworld stories are mostly funny, sometimes they just happen to unfold in a funny world. Thud is the latter. It is a serious (in a Diskworld sense) story about race, extremism, and coppers. Also, vampires and werewolves.

I enjoyed it a lot, but it somehow didn't stick in my mind much after I finished it. The characters however did, and perhaps that was ultimately the point of the book, how good people deal with extremists without losing their life or sanity.

I'm glad I read this before the Capitol riots. I think it would have struck a bit too close to home afterwards. ( )